Mary Morlino

Patient Navigator at UDNF

Speaker

Mary has over 16 years of personal and professional experience understanding the challenges patients and families face during an undiagnosed disease journey. She was diagnosed with Sarcoidosis, a multi-system rare disease, after a 7 year diagnostic odyssey. Previously, she worked at Global Genes and The EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases collaborating with patients, patient advocacy organizations, researchers, medical professionals, legislative representatives and other changemakers to identify and develop initiatives to enact improvements for the patient lived experience. Mary is also the founder of MarylandRARE, she is passionate about helping others on their unique journeys to find answers, resources and opportunities to improve their quality of life.